Transfer details from text fields to a new text file through serialization

Question

User-709318330 posted

I have a web page in developed in ASP.NET with many input fields like radio button,text box,check box. How can i transfer the data to a new file. I have reading regarding XML ,SOAP,Binary serialize methods but not sure how to choose them and which one fits into my case.

Answer 1

User1508394307 posted

You can save data to file using

using (StreamWriter f = new StreamWriter(Server.MapPath("~/data.txt"), true))
{
   f.WriteLine(TextBox1.Text); // Write value of textbox to the file.
}      

Take a look at the documentation http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6ka1wd3w(v=vs.110).aspx 

Answer 2

User-1454326058 posted

Hi meka,

For your requirement, you could have a class to store these input values, then use XML serialization to write the instance to an XML file.

For example:

 public class Book
    {
        public String title; 
    }


    public static void WriteXML()
    {
        Book overview = new Book();
        overview.title = "Serialization Overview";
        System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer writer = 
            new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeof(Book));

        System.IO.StreamWriter file = new System.IO.StreamWriter(
            @"c:\temp\SerializationOverview.xml");
        writer.Serialize(file, overview);
        file.Close();
    }

public void ReadXML()
{
    System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer reader = 
        new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeof(Book));
    System.IO.StreamReader file = new System.IO.StreamReader(
        @"c:\temp\SerializationOverview.xml");
    Book overview = new Book();
    overview = (Book)reader.Deserialize(file);

   string title= overview.title;//Get value

}

Thanks

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